Something weird happened to my flash drive
danball1976
Wichita Falls, TX
I was messing with my 8GB PNY USB flash drive, formatting it in exFAT, FAT32 and NTFS to see which gave it the best amount of storage area (FAT32 is the best, less wasted area) when I noticed the following in the device description (which never used to be there):
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Windows 7上市紀念版
USB flash drive
OPENå°å°‡ä¸€é«”æˆåž‹ï¼Œé”法è¨è¨ˆä¸æ€•è“‹åéºå¤±
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Which according to Google Language tools translates to:
Fruit Shop Creative Co., Ltd.
OPEN teenager can not afford to build Flash Disk 4GB-Windows 7 public Commemorative Edition
Memorial version of Windows 7 launch
USB flash drive
OPEN teenager body shape, not afraid of magic designed to cover loss
Nano anti-fouling Department mile, anti-static, two-tone green silicone can be washed
Attached it the screenshot showing the description and the logo that is now used for it:
果舖創æ„股份有é™å…¬å¸
OPENå°å°‡ä¸æŽ‰è“‹éš¨èº«ç¢Ÿ 4GB-Windows 7上市紀念版
Windows 7上市紀念版
USB flash drive
OPENå°å°‡ä¸€é«”æˆåž‹ï¼Œé”法è¨è¨ˆä¸æ€•è“‹åéºå¤±
奈米防汙處哩,防éœé›»ï¼Œé›™è‰²ç’°ä¿çŸ½è† ,å¯æ°´æ´—
Which according to Google Language tools translates to:
Fruit Shop Creative Co., Ltd.
OPEN teenager can not afford to build Flash Disk 4GB-Windows 7 public Commemorative Edition
Memorial version of Windows 7 launch
USB flash drive
OPEN teenager body shape, not afraid of magic designed to cover loss
Nano anti-fouling Department mile, anti-static, two-tone green silicone can be washed
Attached it the screenshot showing the description and the logo that is now used for it:
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This is the translation you get in Japanese:
Creative Correction舖crotch fruit Co., Ltd
OPEN Small碟將ä¸æŽ‰è“‹éš¨èº«Memorial Edition 4GB-Windows 7 launch
Memorial version of Windows 7 launch
USB flash drive
OPEN molding將一España small child lost magic designed not怕蓋
Proof汙處mile奈米, Ching-proof electrical, environmental protectionçŸ½è† é›™è‰², washing Pets
My answer remains unchanged.
I was considering the fact that formatted as FAT32, there is only 4KB of used space, NTFS has 67.7MB of used space (I forgot what its called that NTFS does to use space)
I'm guessing NTFS does this for redundancy to recover bad sectors. Also, what exactly is exFAT, and how is it different from standard FAT?
It doesn't really explain what happened to the drive. (perhaps its the certain version of Windows 7 I have installed)